Flexible attachment for smoking pipes



' May 1, 1934. s. KANTER 1,957,169

FLEXIBLE ATTACHMENT FOR SMOKING PIPES Filed Nov. 21, 1952 INVENTOR.

Patented May 1, 1934 UED STATES Sam Kanter, Chicago, Ell.

Application November 21, 1932, Serial No. 643,672

4 Claims.

i iy invention relates to improvements in flexible attachments for smoking pipes.

An object of my invention is to provide a flexible attachment for smoking pipes which will enable the smoker to knock ashes from the bowl oi his pipe with less likelihood of breaking the joint or connection between the pipe bowl and stem.

A further object of my invention is to provide a flexible attachment whereby a pipe may be carried in the pocket with less likelihood of breaking the bowl or pipe stem at the point where the same are connected by such movements of the individual.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby the heat of the burning tobacco may be conducted away from the stem by fins with which the device preferably is provided.

A further object of myinvention is to provide a which is novel in construction, durable and convenient in use and eflicient for the purposes intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this application in which Figure l is a side elevation of a smoking pipe embodying the present improvements,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the pipe shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a cross-transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Zfhe attachment device of my invention is deed for use with a smoking pipe having a bowl and stem 2. In the preferred form of my invention, I make use of a flexible casing or 3, which be made of any suitable material but p eferably is of rubber and in which the tubular members i and 5 are imbedded in abutting end to end relation, as shown in Figure 2. The members 4 and 5 may be of metal or other suitable material.

The attachment may be assembled substantially as shown in the accompanying drawing. The flexible casing 3 may be of any convenient length and binds the members 4 and 5 together so that the inner ends thereof abut each other thereby preventing any gas or viscous tobacco fluid from remaining between them when they are in the normal position shown in Figure 2. Members 4 and 5 also, when formed of metal, will conduct heat away from the stem through the aid of fins 6 and '7 which come in contact with the air. The members 4 and 5 are provided with flanges 8, 9, and 10, 11 respectively which prevent withdrawal of the members from the sheath or casing 3.

The members 4 and 5, as shown in Figure 2, are provided with threaded nipples 12 and 13 respectively, by means of which the bowl 1 and stem or mouthpiece 2 may be detachably secured thereto. The aligned smoke passages 14 and 15 of the members 4 and 5 respectively, communicate with the smoke passage 16 or" the bowl 1 and passage 17 of the stem 2 when the flexible attachment is in operative position.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device of my invention it will be apparent that the device provides means whereby the bowl and the stem will be moved angularly with respect to each other when subjected to abnormal stresses exerted transversely of the bowl or mouth piece.

It will of course be understood that the device may be rigidly connected to either the bowl or stem.

I claim:

1. A flexible device for connecting a bowl and mouth piece of a smoking device comprising a pair of tubular members arranged in abutting end to end relation and provided with means at the opposite ends thereof for detachably connecting the same to said bowl and mouth piece in registration with the smoke passages thereof, and a flexible rubber sheath in which said members are embedded for supporting said members normally in predetermined position but being sufliciently flexible to enable either of said members to be moved angularly with respect to the other by abnormal stresses exerted transversely on said bowl or mouth piece.

2. A flexible device for connecting a mouth piece to a pipe bowl comprising a pair of aligned tubular members having means for detachably connecting the same to said bowl and mouth piece, said members each having an annular flange adjacent said connecting means, and a flexible sheath surrounding said members and extending from one of said flanges to the other for supporting said bowl in normal position during use but enabling said bowl or stem to move angularly with respect to the other when subiected to stresses exerted transversely oi the same.

3. A flexible device for connecting a mouth piece to a pipe bowl comprising a pair of abutting tubular members having aligned smoke passages adapted to communicate with the smoke passages of said bowl and mouth piece, one of said members having means for detachably securing the same to said bowl and the other having means for similarly securing the same to said mouth piece, one of said members having an annular flange adapted to abut the end of said bowl and the other a flange to abut the inner end of said mouth piece, and a rubber sheath embracing the portions of said tubular members disposed between said flanges for supporting said bowl in normal position during use and enabling said stem or bowl to move angular-1y with respect to the other when subjected to stresses exerted transversely thereof.

4. A connector for a mouth piece and bowl of a smoking device, comprising a pair of substantially abutting tubular members having aligned smoke passages therethrough and provided with outwardly extending flanges, and a flexible sheath enclosing said tubular members for supporting said bowl and mouth piece normally in predetermined position, said flanges being imbedded in said sheath to resist detachment of said members therefrom, said sheath being sufficiently flexible to enable either said bowl or mouth piece to be moved angularly with respect to the other by abnormal stresses exerted transversely of said bowl or mouth piece.

SAM KAN'IER.

Law. 

